Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 1599
115th Congress(2017-2018)
BUILDS Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jul 20, 2017
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Introduced
Jul 20, 2017
Latest Action
Jul 20, 2017
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
1599
Congress
115
Policy Area
Labor and Employment
Labor and Employment
Primary focus of measure is matters affecting hiring and composition of the workforce, wages and benefits, labor-management relations; occupational safety, personnel management, unemployment compensation. Measures concerning public-sector employment may fall under Government Operations and Politics policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Virginia
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Building U.S. Infrastructure by Leveraging Demands for Skills or the BUILDS Act

This bill requires the Department of Labor to award implementation or renewal grants, for up to three years and on a competitive basis, to eligible industry or sector partnerships to achieve certain strategic objectives with respect to targeted infrastructure industries (e.g., transportation, construction, energy, information technology, or utilities industries).

Such strategic objectives must include:

  • recruiting key stakeholders in the targeted infrastructure industries;
  • identifying the training needs of multiple businesses in such industries;
  • facilitating actions that lead to economies of scale by aggregating multiple businesses' training and education needs;
  • helping grant recipients who provide career and technical education and training in aligning curricula, entrance requirements, and programs to the targeted infrastructure's needs and required credentials;
  • providing information on grant activities to state agencies to enable them to inform unemployment compensation recipients of employment and training opportunities; and
  • helping partner businesses to attract potential workers from a diverse jobseeker base.
Text (1)
Actions (2)
07/20/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4117-4118)
07/20/2017
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:37:04 PM